Im never one to expect in football as the Premiership can throw up all sorts of results. However, I did think we would beat Hull today, even with our injuries. Up to the moment Hull equalised in the 17th minute, I thought there only looked one winner. Yes Hulls equaliser was a bit of dodgy goal, given by our favourite referee, well one of them :) Yet the way Arsenal reacted to the goal meant we simply went off the boil and lost composure. Chance after chance not taken, hitting the goalie, shooting wide or simply failing to shoot when the chance is on. Finally Sanchez our best player took Hulls defender to the cleaners, cleaned him, put him in a plastic sleeve and hung him up ready for collection before, hitting a nice hard, low shot into the far corner 1-0 and no more than Arsenal deserved. Then another four minutes of Arsenal pressure, is followed by Hull being welcomed into Arsenals half. Diame strode past Monreal, appeared to pull Flaminis shirt, yet Aston Hull Taylor decided - nothing wrong in that. Issue! Arsenal players stopped instead of carrying on with play. Diame lofted the ball over Szczesny 1-1. Arsenal then lost composure and allowed Hull back into the game. Arsenal plenty of chances one goal. Hull one foray into our half, one shot, one goal, one love - Oh dear! To make matters worse Hull came out for the second half one minute before Arsenal did, a good break, a very good cross, the BFG napping and Hernández gets himself in front of our big f***ing German and with a very good header and a very well worked team goal and its 2-1 to Hull. Arsenal simply kept to the now age old tried and not very trusted nowadays formula anymore of, pass, pass, pass, play ball back, pass, pass, pass, play ball back, pass, lose ball, regain it, do the hokey pokey and turn around, and piss the fans off. Why is it, when we pass, pass, pass, then a player lays the ball into the path of a team mate to shoot, he simply tries another pass and the chance is lost? Do Arsenal have any actual goals at their training ground? Maybe in the upgrade costing millions a few will be installed. Arsenal were simply playing into Hulls hands and take nothing away from Hull, they were defending very, very, well, though we do make it easy for teams. Did Arsenal have a shot in the first 35 minutes of the second half? Then Aston Hull Taylor (more about him later) who I thought was awful yet again, failed to give a foul on Jack. Jack reacted by storming after the Hull player, fouling him, injuring himself in the process and collecting a yellow card. Jack really needs to learn to control himself in these situations. Jack was then substituted for Campbell, who I thought livened Arsenal up a bit. Suddenly, Hello!!! 85th minute Monreal puts in a cross as Arsenal finally create something of note as a Sanchez header brought a save out of Jakupovic who tipped the header over the bar. Six minutes goes up on the screens, the crowd (who I thought were poor from the start) finally find their voices and try to pull Arsenal through, then through a melee in the box, Welbeck side foots the ball into the net 2-2 some relief and maybe a tad harsh on Hull, but then I couldnt give a Gareth Bale at that moment. Arsenal pile forward, Hull look to be in panic mode, yet Jakupovic saves from both Cazorla and Gibbs, why, why, why could we not put this pressure on twenty minutes earlier? One time the ball fell to Campbell, his pass into the area only had to be one foot either way and it was a tap in I think for either Sanchez or Welbeck, but it went instead straight to a Hull defender. For me Chamberlain had a poor game. Welbeck and Sanchez were my best players, the rest were simply average. Ramsey only came on because he had to. Campbell looked lively and maybe should be given more of a chance. The ref blew for full time and a draw no more than Hull deserved. Now I have to take issue with the officials and mainly Aston Hull Taylor. Though he did not deny us a penalty or give one to Hull or any other decision that gives or denies either side a goal. I would say apart from I think he should have given us a foul for a tug on Flamini by Diame, his decisions did not really affect the result. My issue is not teams like Palace or Hull wasting time so much as we all know its part gamesmanship and they do it to break the game up, slow it down so if they can get away it, why not do it. My issue is with officials who must surely see what is going on. A bit of leeway maybe, but they were letting Hull get away with murder. Diame went down pole axed, yet with Bruce and his players calling for the ball to put out of play, Arsenal refused, this occasion the ref played on. It was no surprise Diame got up, played on and one minute later scored their equaliser. Then when 2-1 up, Hull players were dropping like flies, simply to waste time, fair enough, but the officials should see through this. One throw-on Taylor spoke to Hulls captain about time wasting, but that was it. The crowd were singing You dont know what youre doing and Youre not fit to referee and you know what, I could swear he took offence and simply got worse. Taylor booked Cazorla for a foul he did not even see, where the Hull defender jumped in the air and fell to the ground poleaxed. The facts today though Arsenal were very poor after Hull scored their first. When the tippy-tappy works its a joy to behold, but when it doesnt there is nothing, no one player to pull up sleeves, scream and shout, punch the air and get the team rolling again. Even Arsene simply sits on his arse, expecting players he sees as intelligent to work it out for themselves. Arsene only gets up when he feels an injustice by the officials. One win in four home games. No defeats - but three draws. Only two wins in eight games in league. yet one defeat. The draws are killing us. Were falling behind the leaders City & Chelsea big time and if we are not careful by early December well only have a top four spot and the FACup to defend. Now onto two away games. Not sure I am looking forward to Anderlecht and were playing a team that lost 8-0 today next weekend.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 19:47:42 +0000
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